OCD Awareness Week

A little over a week from now, October 8th through the 14th, is OCD awareness week. About a year and a half ago, I became severely anxious regarding stepping on floors such as linoleum due to the cracks and lines. This might be hard to understand, but for me it felt real. My distorted idea was that if I stepped on a crack, my family members will become sick or injured. Soon the only flooring I was able to walk freely on was carpet and certain woods. I couldn’t go in public, I couldn’t use many bathrooms, I tiptoed everywhere I went and I counted my steps and the only thing that made me feel accomplished wasn’t passing a test or seeing my family it was being able to end the day without having a panic attack. I stopped going to school, I stopped